JUST DO IT RIGHT
Memorise:
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 2nd Corinthians 10:6
Read: 1st Samuel 15:16-23, (KJV)
Bible in one year: 2nd Timothy 1-4, Psalms 22:1-21
MESSAGE
A
good number of people confuse service of God's approval or acceptance.
It will be profitable for people, particularly children of God, to
understand that it is one thing to engage in the service of God and it
is another thing for God to accept your service. The simple message for
today is – "just do it right, and God will accept you and your service".
The Bible says:
"I
beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is
your reasonable service."
Romans 12:1
In
our Bible reading today, we read of the first king in Israel who put
sacrifice over and above being obedient to God and His Word. God told
king Saul to go and utterly destroy the Amalekites and everything they
possessed; from the king to the least of the beasts. However, Saul went,
fought and won the battle, but failed to carry out God's instruction to
the letter. When he was cross-examined by Prophet Samuel, he had the
effrontery to tell Samuel that he had done what God asked him to do,
except the soil of sheep and oxen which he took to use as sacrifice to
the Lord. This unfortunately cost him his throne. Samuel said:
"…..
Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in
obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than
sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams."
1st Samuel 15:22
There
is a great lesson we should learn from the story of king Saul and the
assignment he was given to fight the Amalekites. Some people seem to be
more spiritual than the Holy Spirit when you consider the way they claim
to know everything about the ways of God. It is not unlikely that king
Saul felt it would be a waste of resources by totally destroying the
material resources in Amalek. It is also not unlikely that he felt it
will be an act of wickedness on the part of God to have asked him to
kill the king, Agag. Beloved, there are many types of Amalekites and
king Agags that God will want us to get rid of in our life. The Bible
lists some things that we must do away with in
Galatians 5:19-21
"Now
the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery,
fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred,
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings,
murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like.."
Some
so-called workers in the Church are still harbouring these things that
we are to get rid of, yet they are 'zealously' working for God. It is
unfortunate that their labour attracts no reward. Jesus said that on
that day, they will come and say:
"We
have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our
streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are,
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity."
Luke 13:26-27
May this not be your portion in Jesus' name. (29 July 2016 open heavens)
Prayer Point
Father, please help me to be obedient, and begin to do the right thing in your sight from now onward.
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